Launch success

Launch success!

 

After years of hard work and planning, Metop-C was successfully launched from Kourou at 01:47 (CET) Wednesday!

Launch success
Launch success

You can watch the lift-off from the European Space Port.

Last Updated

01 November 2023

Published on

08 November 2018

You can watch the lift-off from the European Space Port here.

Now, a whole lot of other hard work has started!

We’ll keep you updated on Metop-C’s progress toward full operational status, which is expected early spring 2019, but, in the meantime, we thought you might enjoy some images from the launch.

Launch video
Several hundred people gathered at EUMETSAT Headquarters in the early hours of Wednesday morning for a special event about Metop-C and to watch a live video transmission of the launch in Kourou. Needless to say, they left tired – but happy!
launch group
Celebrating success: (from left) EUMETSAT Director-General Alain Ratier; ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes Josef Aschbacher; Arianespace Chief Executive Stéphane Israël; and  Airbus Executive President Space Systems Nicolas Chamussy